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diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index be5b3c1ab..e779fc9a8 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
'Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.')
self.params['restrictfilenames'] = True
+ if isinstance(params.get('outtmpl'), bytes):
+ self.report_warning(
+ 'Parameter outtmpl is bytes, but should be a unicode string. '
+ 'Put from __future__ import unicode_literals at the top of your code file or consider switching to Python 3.x.')
+
if '%(stitle)s' in self.params.get('outtmpl', ''):
self.report_warning('%(stitle)s is deprecated. Use the %(title)s and the --restrict-filenames flag(which also secures %(uploader)s et al) instead.')